Details on April 2nd murder in Auburn

posted by Mason Black -

Apr 3, 2017

Press Release from the Auburn Police Division

On Sunday, April 2, 2017 at approximately 10:20 p.m. Auburn Police received a shots fired call at an apartment complex in the 800 block of Bedell Avenue. Officers arrived on the scene and discovered an unresponsive male, later identified as Tyquavious D. Jackson, age 20, from Birmingham, lying outside the residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was treated by paramedics, but unfortunately died at the scene as a result of his injuries and was pronounced deceased by Lee County Coroner Bill Harris at 10:33 p.m.

The death is being investigated as a homicide by the Auburn Police Division and the Lee County Coroner’s Office. The body will be transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences State Medical Examiner’s Office in Montgomery for a postmortem examination. Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Auburn Police at the 24 hour non-emergency number 334-501-3100, Detective Section 334-501-3140 or the anonymous tip line at 334-246-1391.